Some more pieces done here. Probably the last wargaming stuff I'll paint this year, although I'll be putting together a diorama with me da over the Christmas break, a nice callback to when I was young and just getting into the hobby.
These are more 10mm undead. Sculpts again by John at Cromarty Forge, the cavalry are from his Viking Undead range at Centimetre Warriors, the rest are from the ancient undead I have on itch. Really happy with these and how enjoyable they were to paint. This was my first time using Contrast paints and there's definitely a gulf to be crossed in regards to how I usually paint in the larger scales, and how to paint quickly and effectively at this.
I used a grey primer for these, which did not work well with the white contrast paint. I was hoping this would be a swift way to get everything painted to a decent standard quickly, but the white just really wasn't opaque enough to give a good account over the grey, even with two layers of it. I ended up dryishbrushing with a layer of White Scar on top which actually gave it a nice finish.
The cloth was done with a blue contrast, and this one turned out a lot nicer. Really happy with the folds on the cloak of the Lich in particular. This was two layers of the stuff on the grey, nothing else. Disappointingly, the pointing arm did snap off at some point so that still exists somewhere on the floor. Whoops.
The do look a little muddy overall, especially in poor lighting, but in daylight they really look suitable for a mass battle game. They're not going to win any prizes for looks, but the effect is there, it works, and it's not a very time intensive effort to paint to this standard. With these done, I'm now at a point where I have a complete small force ready to be used to playtest the new ruleset I pushed around in the last post.